Answers:
Bleached Meadow Whitefield
Animals' rear end Ramsbottom
Ancient meat Oldham
Putrid stable Rawtenstall
Trafalgar's hero Nelson
A small crowbar Little Lever Average in gold and fearless Parbold
Prickle and weight Thornton/Thistleton
Murky stream Blackburn Dark stick Blackrod
Central weight Middleton Not north wine Southport
Stroll into a retreat Walkden Muddy puddle Blackpool
Fodder in the forest Heywood Male trunk....er Manchester
A cake Eccles/Chorley Saintly music (without middle 't') Oswaldtwistle
Fast forest Fleetwood Tiller on the beach Helmshore
A cub won it out of the draw - help from parents no doubt