[2] It assumes a rather prominent position over the surrounding countryside as the major part of the village is located on a gently terraced escarpment.

[7] The cornerstone for the United (then Methodist) church was laid by Canada's first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald.

[8] As a direct result of this action, the village received its name, the origin of which was inspired by nearby fields that were in the process of being fallowed for the summer[2] and is not historically linked to Fallowfield, in Manchester, England.

[2] By the turn of the century, Fallowfield was a bustling village and it became a favourite stopping place for travellers, especially farmers with their produce wagons and horse teams, en route to and from the market in Ottawa.

The Lady Duck sank,[10][11] the Ontario Power Generation Barrett Chute dam overflowed into the Madawaska River, killing a mother and son[12] and Fallowfield village had a late day F2 tornado at around 5:15pm.

These churches are, from North to South: St. Patrick's Catholic (1866), St. Barnabas Anglican (1889), St. John's Presbyterian (1886) and Fallowfield Methodist (1886).