| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 52.374°N 1.296°W |
| Label Position: | left |
| Official Name: | Instead |
| Static Image Name: | Instead Manor, Weybread, Suffolk - geograph.org.uk - 2033212.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Instead Manor in 2010 |
| Civil Parish: | Weybread |
| Shire District: | Mid Suffolk |
| Region: | East of England |
| Shire County: | Suffolk |
| Constituency Westminster: | Waveney Valley |
| Postcode Area: | IP |
| Postcode District: | IP21 |
| Dial Code: | 01379 |
| Os Grid Reference: | TM223807 |
Instead is a settlement in the north west part of Weybread, in the Mid Suffolk district, in Suffolk, England, it was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. It is included marshland along the banks of the River Waveney which constituted the border with Needham, Norfolk.
With a recorded population of two households, it was amongst the smallest 20% of settlements recorded in the Domesday Book.In 1066 the manor belonged to Æthelmær of Elmham, however he had been removed by 1086 and manor then belonged to William the Conqueror[1] It was in the Hoxne Hundred.