Hulland Ward itself contains about 400 houses and has a population of just under 1000 inhabitants, being measured at 927 (and including Mercaston) in the 2011 Census.

[1] It is distinct from Hulland, the next village and civil parish immediately to its west.

Sometime in the 17th century, the gate part was dropped, and the hamlet grew into the village now known as Hulland Ward.

In the Domesday Survey Hulland Village is listed as Hoilant in the care of Geoffrey d'Alselin.

[2] One of the earliest ore-stamping mills was built at Hulland Ward by Burchard Kranich in 1556.