 The Farmborough Hoard of Iron Age coins was found in the village in 1984 and is now in the British Museum.The parish of Farmborough was part of the Keynsham Hundred, The village has historically been connected with the coal mines of the Somerset coalfield, but these are all now closed.Farmborough Church of England VC Primary School was built in 1857, and now has 90 pupils between the ages of 4 and 11 years.