The church is located in the centre of the churchyard and there are burials on all sides.

Ian S. has a photograph of St. Michael's churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2020.

Alongside the south wall of the church chancel is the listed chest tomb commemorating the Rev Abel Collin LAUNDER, who was rector of Elton from 1750 until his death in 1803, and his wife, Margaret, who died in 1780.

Jonathan THACKER has a photograph of the chest tomb of Margaret and Abel Collin LAUNDER on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2019.

Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of a Belvoir Angel gravestone on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2014.

• For details of the graves of the rich and famous, together with biographical information, look at the Find-a-Grave (England) page.

• The National Burial Index is hosted by findmypast (subscription site).
• List of Registered Cemeteries from Historic England.
• Gravestone photograph resource: an "index of the names that appear on photos taken by the Gravestone Photographic Resource Project team". This valuable project provides email copies of any of its collection of grave monument images free of charge on request.
• The Deceased Online website -"the first central database of statutory burial and cremation registers for the UK and Republic of Ireland" (subscription site).
• The Church Monuments Society provides photographs of the more interesting monuments (NOT monumental inscriptions) in a limited number of church yards.
• Index for Burials at Sea - from Ancestry and FindaGrave.