Crail Museum holds the papers of the Crail Sea Box Society, a sailors' benevolent society which ran from 1634 to 1952.

In 1634 Crail's sea captains established the Crail Sea Box Society for the support of poor sailors, their widows and orphans.

The archive of this "Sea Box" - a complete record spanning centuries - show who received payment from the Sea Box and for what, making them a unique record of the people of Crail.

These documents spent many years in the vaults of the bank in Marketgate and are badly in need of repair by specialist paper conservators.