Part of a Cambridge University college known for decades as The Colony has been renamed because it “had connotations that do not reflect the college’s values,” a spokesman said.
Accommodation at Clare College was “rebranded as Castle Court”.
The college said it had “become increasingly clear that the informal name for the site” was not appropriate.
A number of other Cambridge colleges have made changes due to links or perceived links to slavery.
Student accommodation – The Colony, now Castle Court – is situated between Castle Street and Chesterton Lane in Cambridge.
A Clare College spokesman said: “It was becoming increasingly clear that the informal name for the site between Chesterton Lane and Castle Street has connotations that do not reflect the College’s values.
“The site will therefore be renamed Castle Court.”
Other Cambridge University colleges have changed or attempted to make changes to names or items with links to the slave trade and colonialism.
Recently, Jesus College failed in its attempt to move a memorial to a benefactor who invested in the slave trade.
But last year the same college made headlines when it returned Nigerian officials a looted bronze rooster that had been captured by British colonial troops in 1897 and given to the college in 1905.
In 2019, St Catharine’s College removed a historic bell from view over fears it had links to the slave trade.
The Demerara Bell was donated by a former student who went on to work for a sugar company in British Guiana.
Also in 2019, Cambridge University launched its own investigation into its historical links to slavery to explore how it may have gained financially.
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