[2] It is situated between Alvaston and Osmaston, to the south of the city centre on the A6 from Deadman's Lane to the Canal Bridge; the former is aligned to the old town boundary and named from the medieval track that lead to the plague pit dug 1348 during the Great Plague or Black Death.

A school was opened in 1893 and in 1904 a church in red brick dedicated to Saint Osmund was constructed.

In 1796, the Derby Canal was built through Wilmorton which helped to bring a lot of trade to this area.

The other public house in Wilmorton is the Portland Hotel; this is on the corner of the London Road and Dickinson Street - and adjacent to Deadman's Lane.

In 2013 local Councillor Linda Winter called a meeting at the YMCA on London Road to set up a Residents Association for the Wilmorton area.