These are the replies I got from Keighley and Bradford Bereavement Services;
I have checked the records for Utley Cemetery in Keighley and Charlestown Cemetery in Baildon, the only two Council maintained cemeteries in our area which were open in 1868 and can find no trace of James Pickles. I have forwarded the information to our office in Bradford who will check the records at Scholemoor Cemetery . If he is not there then he will probably have been interred in a local churchyard somewhere. If a church is still open then the records are normally kept by the incumbent or the Parish Council. If the churchyard is no longer in use then some records are kept at Keighley Library and some at the Central Library in Bradford,
Re your online enquiry I am sorry to say there is no record of James Pickles being buried in Scholemoor Cemetery (Scholemoor opened in 1860).
Alternative sources to try are Uncercliffe Cemetery which is now run by a Trust – contact details are 01274 642276 or the Diocese of Bradford which keeps records of interments in Parish Churchyards contact details 0113 353 0290 Bradford Area Office The Trinity Centre
John Escritt Road Bingley BD16 2ST
I hope this helps and good luck with your search.
I have done a bit more searching on find a grave for all the places I can think of where he might be and come up with nothing. I haven't phoned the above numbers yet.