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Where did D.H. Lawrence teach before becoming a full-time writer?

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Before becoming a full-time writer, D.H. Lawrence worked as a teacher in two primary locations. He began his career as a pupil-teacher in Eastwood in 1902. Following his studies at University College, Nottingham, he moved to teach in Croydon, a suburb of London, in 1908. He eventually decided to leave the teaching profession in 1912 to pursue a career as an author.1