At one time there were 37 water mills on or near the River Wye along the 11 miles from its source at West Wycombe to the the Thames at Bourne End. Pann Mill is one of the few remaining, and the only one in operation.

Milling has long been associated with the River Wye - the first record of Pann Mill is in the Domesday census of 1086, one of six mills on the river at the time. The first Pann Mill was probably associated with the Hospital of St John the Baptist, the ruins of which are still visible in Easton Street opposite the mill. The records of 100 years later show that the mill was then owned by the Pinel family, and it is probably from this family that name Pann Mill is derived.

Ownership of the mill changed many times over the years, and an archaeological dig discovered that the mill buildings were rebuilt on at least 3 occasions.

The most recent mill was built in 1759, with a new waterwheel and milling machinery fitted in 1860. Commercial milling ended in 1967, and in 1971 the mill buildings and the associated miller's house were demolished as a part of a road widening scheme.

The old mill around 1960 before demolition

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