sentences:  Newton's mother, Hannah Ayscough (died 1679) and father, also called Isaac (died 1642), were buried in the church.St John the Baptist's belongs to the Colsterworth Group of Anglican churches, sharing a priest with Holy Cross at Great Ponton, St Guthlac's at Little Ponton with Woodnook, St James's at Skillington and St Andrew and St Mary's at Stoke Rochford with Easton.It is in the deanery of Beltisloe and the Diocese of Lincoln.