Later that year, Thomas Panton, one of the original speculators, was granted a licence to continue his scheme with the condition that it was supervised and directed by Sir Christopher Wren[2] who was the Surveyor General of the King's Works.

[3] The Windmill Street School of Anatomy was incorporated into King's College London in 1829 and Charles Bell was its first professor of physiology.

[5] The pub was an important social hub for political refugees from Germany in the mid-19 century, hosting the German Workers Educational Association which Marx was a member of.

[7] The street has had a long association with music and entertainment, most notably the Windmill Theatre where during the 1930s and 1940s Laura Henderson and Vivian Van Damm presented nude tableaux vivants.

In the 1960s, the Scene Club was associated with the mod youth culture and bands that appeared there included the Rolling Stones and The Who.