places Quiz Help pretty please!!!

[puzzled2009]

i have been given a quiz by my grandmother that i am struggling with. all of these clues should lead to the name of a place in the uk. for example one of the clues is... male sofa, no chesterfield. the answer to this is manchester! the ones i am stuck with are...
1- fortress approached by river
2-blair andy
3-hunted animal on waters edge
4-erics protruding window
5-place bet with e and ka
6-not allow soft fruit
7-royal joint
6-give
7-kennedys assassin, after s, blowing with two fingers
8-fantastic, finished cutting grass

any help would be gratefuly recieved! thanks x

[Jumbuck]

2 Tonypandy

[guernseyman]

2-Tony Pandy

[Pentalpha8]

4 Morecambe Bay

[guernseyman]

6 Ban Bury(Berry)

[gen2]

1. Tynecastle

[Pentalpha8]

7 Oswaldtwistle ?

[puzzled2009]

wow thanks guys!! ok heres a few more for you....
9-mixed up storm with a monster
10-small stream
11-zodiac sign of yorks church
12-henry with dame
13-donkey sound
14-devoured donkey call
15-laminated orifice
16-inherit an area
17-pig, no e, with small river
18-mr.pitt considered good enough
19-warning sounds mordecai's cousin

thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!x

[Pentalpha8]

11 leominster

[vulcan]

17 swindon
13 bray

[Pentalpha8]

19 Cirencester sounds like sirens esther

[Pentalpha8]

9 Rhyl ? (rill)

[vulcan]

16 gainsborough

[vulcan]

18 Bradworthy

[vulcan]

15 Plymouth

[Canary42]

3 Foxes Bank (Sussex)

[Canary42]

7 Royal Joint = Kingcoed (Monmouthshire)

[Canary42]

5. Bideford

[mandimoo]

if these are the ones you are stuck with.......... which ones did you get without any help?

[Canary42]

18. Williamson